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So what is the answer? Are we essentially rejecting the business model of "cheap appliance, recoup costs"?
by sliverstorm 12y ago
So what is the answer? Are we essentially rejecting the business model of "cheap appliance, recoup costs"?
- infogulch 12y agoHow about rejecting "cheap appliance; recoup costs with shady, anticompetitive business practices"
- sliverstorm 12y agoIt's inherent to the business model to block out competition on the "recoup" item. What business sells the appliance at a loss and meekly accepts being overrun by third-party suppliers? Dead businesses, that's who...
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- TeMPOraL 12y agoYup, I think we should, because it leads to the world where appliances suck.
- sliverstorm 12y agoDownside: the model is "progressive", where more people can afford to use the appliance because it is subsidized by people with high usage. So if we axe that model, product X becomes inaccessible to many people.